Not very imaginative, but I read in a perldoc somewhere that it's pronounced "dollar-under." A little better than having the "score" on the end I guess.
-Bill On 3/29/06, Timothy Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I sometimes call it the "magic variable". > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Frantz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:03 AM > To: beginners@perl.org > Subject: Whimsical Question > > Perlers, > > <snip> > > I realized this after reading over example code in the > Alpaca and it got me to wondering: _Is_ there a name for '$_' ? For > example, when I see '#!', I read 'shebang' and it rolls off the tongue, > but 'dollar underscore' is clumsy. Does anyone know if a name exists? > If not, do any of you have pet name for it? > > <snip> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > >
